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1. L.A. Confidential. 1997 2h 18m R. 8.2 (619K) Rate. 91 Metascore. As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice. Director Curtis Hanson Stars Kevin Spacey Russell Crowe Guy Pearce. 2. The Insider. 1999 2h 37m R. 7.8 (181K)
L.A. Confidential (1997), Russell's third American film, brought him the US fame and attention that his fans have felt he deserved all along. Missing the Oscar nod this time around, he didn't seem deterred and signed to do his first film with The Walt Disney Company, Mystery, Alaska (1999) .
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- Gladiator. Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen. 516 votes. In the pantheon of epic historical dramas, Ridley Scott's Gladiator holds a distinguished place, thanks in large part to Russell Crowe's powerful performance as Maximus Decimus Meridius.
- A Beautiful Mind. Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly. 401 votes. Director Ron Howard's acclaimed biographical drama A Beautiful Mind showcases Russell Crowe at his most vulnerable and captivating as John Nash, a brilliant mathematician grappling with schizophrenia.
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, Billy Boyd. 351 votes. Set during the Napoleonic Wars, Peter Weir's adventure-drama Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World features Russell Crowe in top form as Captain Jack Aubrey, whose ship is relentlessly pursued by a superior French war vessel through treacherous seas.
- L.A. Confidential. Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce. 332 votes. Russell Crowe's smoldering intensity as the brutish but idealistic police officer Bud White is front and center in Curtis Hanson's noir thriller, L.A.
- 12 'The Next Three Days'
- 11 'The Nice Guys'
- 10 'Master and Commander: The Far Side of The World'
- 9 'Les Misérables'
- 8 '3:10 to Yuma'
- 7 'The Insider'
- 6 'American Gangster'
- 5 'Zack Snyder's Justice League'
- 4 'Cinderella Man'
- 3 'L.A. Confidential'
IMDb Rating: 7.3/10
A rewarding remake of the 2008 French film Pour Elle (‘Anything For Her’), The Next Three Days excels as a grounded action thriller that offers plenty of excitement in its simple and effective premise. The life of a married couple is uprooted when Lara (Elizabeth Banks) is arrested for murdering her boss despite her insistence that she is innocent. When her last chance to appeal the verdict fails, John (Crowe) puts together a plan to break her out of prison. Although the film has some pacing...
IMDb Rating: 7.4/10
A career highlight from Shane Black that makes exceptional use of its brilliant comedy duo in Crowe and Ryan Gosling, 2016's neo-noir black comedy The Nice Guys has become one of the biggest cult classics of the 2010s. Set in the seediness of 1970s L.A., it follows the uneasy alliance between a tough enforcer and a hapless P.I. as they investigate the disappearance of a young woman, a case that ends up having ties to significant political figures. Hilarious and hectic, The Nice Guys has overc...
IMDb Score: 7.5/10
Made in 2003, Peter Weir's Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World is based on three of Patrick O'Brian's novels and is set in the Napoleonic Wars. It recounts the start of the friendship between Captain Jack Aubrey and his ship's surgeon and, when the occasion calls for it, naturalist Stephen Maturin. Crowe plays a young commander of a British man-o'-war ordered to hunt down and destroy a French frigate, convincing audiences that he could indeed have filled the role. His tremendous p...
IMDb Score: 7.5/10
Adapted from the celebrated eponymous musical, Les Misérablesasks Crowe to not only play an early 19th-century French police inspector but to sing his way through the plot. Crowe stars as Javert, the film's de-facto antagonist with a decades-long obsession to bring Jean Valjean to justice. Here, Crowe is part of an ensemble cast that includes Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, and Eddie Redmayne. Jackman and Hathaway were standouts, receiving Oscar nominations for their roles, with...
IMDb Score: 7.6/10
Considered one of the best Westerns of the last 20 years, 2007's 3:10 to Yumais the second film made from a 1953 Elmore Leonard short story. The first version, made 50 years before, is also considered one of the great Westerns! The film follows Ben Wade (Crowe), a captured outlaw who must be taken to prison on the 3.10 train to Yuma. The problem is getting him to the train without his gang rescuing him. Crowe stars as a ruthless but congenial villain, while Christian Bale plays one of the pos...
IMDb Score: 7.8/10
Based on a magazine article about Jeffrey Wigand, a tobacco company whistle-blower, 1999's The Insider is a brilliantly made, tension-filled drama. More importantly, it's a vital story about how the media - when all else fails - can be an essential channel for telling the public the truth about crucial issues. An extraordinary cast is capped with Al Pacino playing a television producer trying to film Wigand's story, often against opposition from his own broadcaster. Crowe stuns as Wigand, del...
IMDb Score: 7.8/10
Released the same year as 3.10 to Yuma, American Gangster has Crowe playing on the side of the angels in this crime drama set in Harlem. The film tells the true story of heroin kingpin Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) and the policeman, Detective Richie Roberts (Crowe), who eventually brought him down. Roberts discovers Lucas is shipping his heroin from Thailand to the US in the coffins of dead soldiers being returned from the war in Vietnam. Roberts offers Lucas a deal: rat on the army of cor...
IMDb Score: 7.9/10
Russell Crowe’s most obvious credit in the DCEU comes in Man of Steel, the film that launched the superhero franchise, where he appears as Jor-El, Kal-El’s (Henry Cavill) father who sends him to Earth when Krypton is destroyed. While the character was killed off in a flashback scene in Man of Steel, Crowe returned to the franchise, albeit in an uncredited cameo, in Zack Snyder’s Justice League. The much-anticipated re-release of 2017’s Justice League, the 2021 film was an extended version of...
IMDb Score: 8.0/10
This Ron Howard film from 2005 tells the story of boxer James Braddock, who, against all the odds, won the World Heavyweight Title in 1935 when he defeated fellow American Max Baer (Craig Bierko). An honorable, determined, and courageous man, Braddock became a hero for all Americans struggling through the Great Depression and was nicknamed 'The Cinderella Man' by sports writer Damon Runyon. Cinderella Man features a tough and physically resilient character who also possesses great moral and e...
IMDb Score: 8.2/10
Although not his first American film - that was the underrated 1995 Western The Quick and the Dead - this 1997 production firmly set Crowe's feet on the path of Hollywood stardom. Almost universally acclaimed on its release and based on the James Elroy novel of the same name, L.A. Confidential's story about corruption and crime in post-war Hollywood can still be held up as the neo-noir crime film par excellence. With outstanding performances from Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, and an Oscar-winni...
- Master and Commander: Far Side of the World. There's a reason why, nearly two decades after its initial release, fans still clamor for a sequel to "Master and Commander: Far Side of the World."
- L.A. Confidential. A more serious take on a Los Angeles-set noir story than "The Nice Guys," "L.A. Confidential" is still a ton of fun. The nostalgic approach to film noir is modernized through an exploration of police brutality, as well as the complex performances by Crowe as aggressive LAPD officer Bud White and Guy Pearce as geeky analyst Ed Exley.
- The Nice Guys. Crowe does not get enough credit for how funny he can be. The blunt staunchness he brings to dramatic roles also makes him the perfect straight man in comedies.
- Gladiator. Crowe earned his Academy Award for best actor for "Gladiator," one of the definitive screen epics of the 21st century. Crowe wrings all the dramatic potential out of Maximus Decimus Meridius, a humble Roman general promised the title of Emperor by the current ruler, Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris), an act that spurs Marcus' vengeful son Commandus (Joaquin Phoenix) into murdering Maximus's family and selling him into slavery.
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He has also starred in films such as the drama Romper Stomper (1992), the mystery-detective thriller L.A. Confidential (1997), the epic war film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), the biographical boxing drama Cinderella Man (2005), the western 3:10 to Yuma (2007), the crime drama American Gangster (2007), the thriller-drama...
Feb 3, 2024 · 8 A Beautiful Mind (2001) Directed by Ron Howard. The 2001 biographical drama A Beautiful Mind earned Russel Crowe his third and final Oscar nomination. His performance as John Nash is unbelievable, delicately capturing the nuance of the character's mental health challenges.
